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legatee

[ leg-uh-tee ]

noun

  1. a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.


legatee

/ ˌɛɡəˈپː /

noun

  1. a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed Compare devisee
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of legatee1

1670–80; < Latin ŧ ( us ) ( legate ) + -ee
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She wore white, the color of the suffragette movement, of which Pelosi was a legatee and enormous champion.

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“How can you say that?” he asked, noting that Cheney had opposed same-sex marriage and was a legatee of the father of the Iraq War.

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In this respect, Trump is but the crude, know-nothing legatee of a regressive process long in the making.

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Republicans, after George W. Bush’s presidency, did not flock to him for advice or run as his legatee.

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Despite some obvious gains, we are still pecking away at systemic issues and deep-seated beliefs that have been bequeathed to present-day legatees.

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